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President's Choice for IFIP96 - 14th World Computer Congress

Tom Worthington

From Tom Worthington, President of the Australian Computer Society

The 14th World Computer Congress (IFIP96) is to be held from 2-6 September 1996 and hosted by the Australian Computer Society. You will find me out and about at the Congress, probably with a digital camera, recording impressions of the event for our virtual visitors on the Internet and with a film crew preparing the multimedia show for the closing ceremony. Also I am giving the first demonstration of the new Defence Home Page MKIII, in my capacity as Defence Web Master at 10:30am Tuesday on exhibition stand 28.

IFIP96 is four and a half days long from morning to night. No one can attend everything. Many people have asked me what to see. It is all worth seeing, but here are my recommendations for the Congress:

First of all, if you can't afford the time or cost to come to the whole congress, here are some options:

On-line (free): Some of the Teleteaching96 events are on-line and I will be posting reports (see the invitation page for updates).
Exhibition only (free, 30 minutes to full day): The IFIP96 Technical Exhibition and Trade Display will be held alongside the Congress in the Exhibition Hall at the National Convention Centre and will be open to delegates and the public 0900 - 1730 Tuesday, 3rd to Thursday, 5th September 1996.
Pioneer Event ($25, half day): Wednesday, 4 September 1996 1400-1700: Through the decades: Speakers will recount significant milestones of computing in the past four decades, from academic, research, government and industry perspectives.
Workshops (AU$195, half day): The workshops are in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
One day registration (AU$500): If you have only one day and you want the business stuff, I suggest Tuesday (the exhibition is on the day as well). Don't miss the Internet Panel with Geoff Huston and Howard L Funk at 1600.
Two days ($645): The bargain of the congress is the two day business stream Monday and Tuesday. You don't have to limit yourself to the business practice session and can attend others. On Monday morning go to the Business Practice Stream, then Opening Ceremony and 1600-1700 Enabling Technologies (AT): Wired cities & New public management and enabling technologies in the afternoon.
Three days ($1050): If you are coming for three or more days you are paying the whole four and a half day Congress fee. You might like to get one registration for your workgroup and have different people go different days.

President's Choice

Session titles note the relevant conference stream - AT = Advanced IT Tools MC = Mobile Communications TT = Teleteaching.

Monday, 2 September 1996

0800-1200 Registration

0900-1700 Business Practice Stream

1300-1400 Opening Ceremony

Sir William Deane, Governor-General of Australia

1400-1530 Keynote Speakers

Hajime Sasaki and Professor Luc Steels

1600-1700 Enabling Technologies (AT)

Wired cities
New public management and enabling technologies

All evening Internet Nasties: Myth or Mismanagement? (TT)

1800-2000 Welcome Reception

Tuesday, 3 September 1996

0900-0945 Keynote Speaker

Dr Wolfgang Wahlster

All morning Can the Virtual University Deliver Real Learning? (TT)

1100-1200 Virtual Education (AT)

The virtual class
Collaboratory: Networked virtual reality and distance education project

1400-1530 Collaboration Tools (AT)

An application framework to support information sharing in collaborative work
Collaborative intelligent decision systems
PMS: Privilege management system for secure distributed resource sharing

1600-1700 Internet Panel (TT)

Global perspectives on Internet infrastructure demands and promise

Wednesday, 4 September 1996

0945-1030 Public Sector Information Systems (AT)

Innovative enterprise information Systems
IT outsourcing by public sector organisations

1100-1200 Standardisation (AT)

Impact of standardisation work on the future of IT - T.
IT and broadband networks in Chile

1400-1530 Information Superhighway (AT)

Global business on the superhighway: Implications for the future office
Towards an intelligent software maintenance network
Intellectual property protection for IT developments

All evening Virtual landcare: Solving conflicts in whole catchment management across property boundaries (TT)

Thursday, 5 September 1996

0900-1030 Information Spaces (AT)

A multimedia database system VHM and its application
Large scale multi-user virtual worlds
The structured development method

1100-1200 Panel Session (AT)

Impact of multimedia based applications and information superhighway on developing countries

Afternoon Special Needs of Special People (TT)

1600-1700 Protocols for Authentication, Secure Communication and Payment (MC)

An authentication and security protocol for mobile computing
Design of secure end-to-end protocols for mobile systems
Yet another simple Internet electronic payment system

Evening Congress Dinner

Friday, 6 September 1996

All morning World Net Workshop; or

0900-0945 Keynote Speaker

Dr Dale Spender

0945-1030 New security algorithms and methods (MC)

A new algorithm for smart cards
A new approach to integrity of digital images

1100-1200 Secure Mobile Applications (MC)

Phone card application and authentication in wireless communications
Real-time mobile EFTPOS: Challenges and implications of a world first application

1215 - 1315 Closing Ceremony: Professor Geoffrey Blainey, Topic: Exploding Information and Shrinking Globe: a Forecast

PS: Don't forget the hot air balloon rides. ;-)

Tom Worthington MACS
President of the Australian Computer Society
28 August 1996

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